Tried by war : Abraham Lincoln as commander in chief
(2008)
Nonfiction
Book
Call Numbers:
973.7092/MCPHERSON,J
Availability
Details
PUBLISHED
New York : Penguin Press, [2008]
©2008
©2008
DESCRIPTION
xv, 329 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
ISBN/ISSN
9781594201912, 1594201919
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES
Evaluates Lincoln's talents as a commander in chief in spite of limited military experience, tracing the ways in which he worked with, or against, his senior commanders to defeat the Confederacy and reshape the presidential role